Off the statute book
Repealed Central Acts
4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.
| Act | Citation | Repealed by |
|---|---|---|
| Jails, Bengal Act, 1844 | 18 of 1844 | Act 26 of 1870 |
| Jails, Madras and Bombay Act 1856 | 8 of 1856 | Act 9 of 1894 |
| Joint Judge of the Konkan Act 1864 | 14 of 1864 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Joint Police-Officers, Bombay Act 1855 | 15 of 1855 | Act 17 of 1862 |
| Joint Stock Banks Act 1860 | 7 of 1860 | Act 10 of 1866 |
| Joint Stock Companies Act, 1850 | 43 of 1850 | Act 10 of 1866 |
| Joint Zila and Session Judges Act, 1845 | 29 of 1845 | Act 10 of 1872 |
| Judicial Language Act 1854 | 33 of 1854 | Act 16 of 1874 |
| Judicial Language Act, 1843 | 12 of 1843 | Act 16 of 1874 |
| Judicial Officers, Madras and Bombay Act, 1836 | 24 of 1836 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Judiciary, Bengal Act, 1838 | 27 of 1838 | Act 10 of 1861 |
| Jurisdiction of Magistrates Act 1853 | 7 of 1853 | Act 10 of 1872 |
| Jurisdiction over Sindh (amending Act 5 of 1872) Act, 1872 | 20 of 1872 | Reg. Act 6 of 1936 |
| Justices of the Peace Act 1864 | 27 of 1864 | Act 2 of 1869 |
| Justices of the peace, Calcutta Act, 1835 | 4 of 1835 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Justices of the peace, Calcutta Act, 1837 | 1 of 1837 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| The Jagannath College Act 1920 | 16 of 1920 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Jalianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Act, 2006 | 51 of 2006 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment (Amending) Act, 1991 | 10 of 1991 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment (Second Amending) Act, 1991 | 33 of 1991 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1992 | 21 of 1992 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915 | 10 of 1915 | Act A.O. of 1950 |
| The Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate medical Education and Research, Puducherry (Amendment) Act 2011 | 10 of 2011 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Jayanti Shipping Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1971 | 63 of 1971 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Jayanti Shipping Company (Taking over of Management) Act, 1956 | 24 of 1966 | Act 63 of 1971 |
| The Jhansi Courts Act 1867 | 18 of 1867 | Act 20 of 1890 |
| The Jhansi Incumbered Estates Act 1882 | 16 of 1882 | U.P. Act 1 of 1903 |
| The Jhansi and Morar Act, 1886 | 17 of 1886 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Amendment Act, 2010 | 33 of 2010 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1857 | 19 of 1857 | Act 10 of 1866 |
| The Jubbulpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act 1935 | 13 of 1935 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Judicial Administration Laws (Repeal) Act 2001 | 22 of 2001 | Act 02 of 2018 |
| The Judicial Commissioners' Courts (Declaration as High Courts) Act 1950 | 15 of 1950 | Act 22 of 2001 |
| The Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850 | 18 of 1850 | Act 37 of 2023 |
| The Junagadh Administration (Property) Act 1948 | 26 of 1948 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Justices of Peace Act 1869 | 2 of 1869 | Act 10 of 1882 |
| The Jute Manufacture Cess Act, 1983 | 28 of 1983 | Act 18 of 2017 |
| The Jute Manufactures Cess (Amendment) Act, 2002 | 13 of 2002 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Jute Manufactures Development Council (Amendment) Act, 1993 | 9 of 1994 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Jute Manufactures Development Council Act, 1983 | 27 of 1983 | Sec 26, Act 12 of 2009 |
| The Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection Of Children) Act, 2000 | 56 of 2000 | Act 02 of 2016 |
| The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) (Amendment) Act 2011 | 12 of 2011 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006 | 33 of 2006 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Juvenile Justice Act 1986 | 53 of 1986 | Act 56 of 2000 |
Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Repeal information is as recorded in the Repeal collection published by India Code; we parse the citation out of the recorded title rather than restating it. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.